Hopkins Denounces Chamber Pessimism As Unwarranted
Secretary Hopkins dismissed the idea that Chamber of Commerce pessimism reflects business views. After returning from a Roosevelt river cruise and influenza recovery he cited encouraging signs: private housing at record pace since 1929, industrial production 34 percent above early 1938, higher retail sales, and a stronger construction outlook. He avoided tax revision details, citing limited Washington contact.
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Washington
Hopkins
United States Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
DROWNINGS LINKED TO WIDESPREAD INSURANCE MURDER PROBE
Philadelphia authorities widen an insurance murder inquiry by reviewing drownings in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. District Attorney Kelley orders autopsies on four more bodies after eight of nine exhumed showed poison. one death tied to auto assault. Names released include Lena Winkleman, Lows La Vecchia, and Abraham Sherman. widows face charges of poisoning or related deaths.
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Philadelphia
May
Delaware
Sechuylkul
Charles F. Kelley
Kelley
Charles H Hersch
Lena Winkleman
Joseph Swartz
Lows la Vecchia
Rose Davis
Abraham Sherman
Dora
Hersch
Antonio Romualdo
Romaine Manchuk
Louisiana Business Women Install Officers at Ruston Convention
Mrs. Juanita Privette was installed as president of the Louisiana Business and Professional Women's clubs at the close of the 20th annual convention in Ruston. Grace Fenn Kloor of Alexandria was named first vice president, Ethel Ryan of New Orleans second vice president, Hattie Lee West of Shreveport recording secretary, Kate Smith of DeRidder treasurer, and Kathryn Bower of Lake Charles auditor.
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Ruston
Juanita Privette
Louisiana Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Grace Fenn Kloor
Alexandria
Ethel Ryan
New Orleans
Hattie Lee West
Shreveport
Kate Smith
DeRidder
Kathryn Bower
Lake Charles
Pension rights urged for Methodist workers in Kansas City
Dr Ernes Fremond Tittle of Evanston urged the united Methodist church to recognize workers right to organize and to establish a pension fund for all employees including janitors and publishing plant staff. He urged the church to lift employer‑employee relations standards and avoid investments in slums breweries or labor exploitative industries. Bishop Edwin H Hughes followed, insisting temperance remain a focus and warning drunkenness could rise if unchecked. The conference planned three daily sessions toward adjournment Wednesday night.
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Kansas City
Ernes Fremond Tittle
Evanston
United Methodist Church
Dr. Tittle
Uniting Conference
Tittle
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington
Extradition Fight for Texas Fugitive Publicized in Harrisburg
Robert Dreher a 40 year old coal trucker from Schuylkill Haven fights extradition to Texas after a fingerprint check exposed he is a 17 year fugitive from a Texas prison for robbery. He seeks Attorney General Reno’s personal review as Governor James says he would likely sign extradition if advised. Dreher disappeared in 1922 after serving four years and later led a quiet life with his family.
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Harrisburg
Jean Valjean
Texas
Claude T. Reno
Robert Dreher
Schuylkill Haven
Dreher
Reno
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Divorced Beery Wife Remarries in Lake Tahoe Honeymoon
Reta Beery Wallace, ex wife of actor Wallace Beery, wed Albert J. Foyt a day after divorcing Beery. The ceremony was performed by Justice J. H. Stern in Carson City with local witnesses. The couple, aged over 21, met four years ago in London and honeymooned at Lake Tahoe.
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Carson City
Wallace Beerys
Reta
Lake Tahoe
Albert J. Foyt
New York
Los Angeles
Beery
Foyt
Young accused slayer Burgunder captured in Tennessee
Robert M Burgunder Jr a 22 year old college student denied guilt in two Phoenix killings and urged to face the music alone Jail guards watched as Arizona officers prepared to take him to Phoenix He blamed family help and asked his father to stay out of the case adding he would face the consequences in Seattle
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Knoxville
Tenn
Phoenix, Ariz
Robert M. Burgunder, Jr
Arizona
Phoenix
Seattle
Wash
Washington State Reformatory
Burgunder
Jack Peterson
Ellis M. Koury
Richard F. Harless
Ear Sell
Johnson City
R. M. Burgunder, Sr
Ruth Burgunder
Robert Burgunder, Jr
Arizona State Teachers College
New Height for Gliders Claimed
John Robinson and Dick Essery reported a 9600 foot glider altitude setting a 2800 foot above the world mark on a 50 mile flight from Dry Lake Borego Valley across the Cuyamaca mountains. They did not seek official recognition due to lack of barographs. Richard du Pont of Wilmington holds the official world record at 6800 feet.
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San Diego
Calif
John Robinson
Dick Essery
Dry Lake
Borego Valley
Cuyamaca Mountains
Richard du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Phone firm head receives 209350 in 1938
Washington May 8 Walter Gifford headed the list of corporate executives with 1938 compensation of 209350 as president of American Telephone and Telegraph company. Other top earners included Robert C. Stanley at 204700 and William S Knudsen at 193713.
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Washington
Walter Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Securities Commission
Robert C. Stanley
International Nickel of Canada, Ltd
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Charles F. Kettering
Knudsen
Kettering
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
H. F. Atherton
Allied Chemical and Dye
Thomas N. McCarter
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
C. P. Cooper
Half Million Dollar Deal Enlarges Local Lumber Ops
The Fisher Lumber company of Memphis selling its Ferriday and Wisner sawmills and about 16 000 acres of hardwood timber in Concordia parish to Kellogg Lumber of Monroe in a transaction valued at over a half million dollars. The deal involves Kellogg Lumber interests already operating mills in Monroe and Alexandria. More than 500 workers are affected, with operations to resume soon after high water.
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Fisher Lumber Company
General Motors Corporation
Memphis
Tenn
Ferriday
Wisner
Concordia Parish
Kellogg Lumber Company
Monroe
Theus, Grisham, Davis
Funeral held for John G. Gaines in New Orleans
The funeral of John Gregory Gaines, a member of a prominent New Orleans family, was held at his son in law and daughter W F Thurmon's residence and at St Matthew's church. Father M F Walsh officiated with interment at Riverview burial park. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included M C Delarot Luther Reed Ross Zuberbier Mercel Renaud Louis Hayden Fred Pettit and several others.
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John Gregory Gaines
New Orleans
W. F Thurmon
North Fifth Street
St. Matthew's Church
M. F. Walsh
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Riverview Burial Park
J. C. Liner, Sr
Henry Haas
James S. Burgess
Albert Marx
Kennedy Menu Breaks Royal Custom At American Embassy Dinner
The Kennedy family hosted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II at the American embassy in New York. The host served an English menu stating personal preference over tradition, highlighting a belief that the royal visit would be eased by authenticity.
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High Seas
Canada
United States
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Guildhall
Portsmouth
England
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret Rose
Atlantic
Western Union
Associated Press
New York
May
Court of St. James
Joseph Kennedy
George
Elizabeth
Kennedy
Multiline News Bits From Driffield To Salt Lake City
In Driffield Yorkshire a three wheeler crash killed no one but left a family group from grandma to baby among the wreckage with the mother and father lightly hurt. In Tulsa a detective meeting a disheveled man ended with a comic bow tie request after an unsuccessful hour. In Salt Lake City the Rev David E Buzza ill on his eve to preach his first sermon. In Peoria a park board secretary hears a dog whine and finds a boy biting the dog’s tail explaining I bite Betty as the dog yips.
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Tulsa
Leo Granger
Granger
Salt Lake City
David E. Buzza
Mr. Buzza
Peoria
Ill
Pat Moore
Park Board
Betty
Blair area family makes bold wedding announcements
Earl Thompson announced his engagement while cousin Ed Thompson revealed a secret wedding to an Omaha nurse. Ed’s sister Frances announced a secret marriage and cousin James followed with a secret marriage to an Omaha girl.
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Blair
Earl Thompson
Ed Thompson
Frances
James
Labor Board opposes Wagner Act amendments
The national labor board, denying bias against unions or employers, rejects most Wagner Act revisions but urges four areas for further study. It favors keeping current structure, notes 42 percent of prehearing cases favor employers, and cites a 77.8 percent Supreme Court upholding rate for the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Board
House
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Monroe Delegates Attend 1940 AAUW Convention in Baton Rouge
Monroe delegates attended the annual state convention of the American Association of University Women in Baton Rouge on Friday and Saturday, returning Sunday pleased with the program and noting Monroe as the 1940 convention city. Local attendees included Mrs. C. C. Calvert, Miss Ivo Wilson, Dr. Julia Hunter, Miss Lucyle Godwin, Mrs. J. Curry, and Mrs. Noble White.
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Monroe
American Association of University Women
Baton Rouge
C. C. Calvert
Ivo Wilson
Julia Hunter
Lucyle Godwin
J. ©. Curry
Noble White
Duke of Windsor speech to U S will not be relayed in Britain
The BBC announced it would not broadcast the Duke of Windsor's evening address to the United States from Verdun. The decision followed lengthy consideration and offered no reason. Some Britons may still receive the message via shortwave. NBC noted two European wavelengths carry the speech.
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Buckingham Palace
Britain
Kennedy
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
England
Duke of Windsor
Verdun
France
United States
National Broadcasting Corporation of America
Edward VIII
National Broadcasting Company
London Daily Express
America
George VI
Oakdale Officer Shoots Man In Car Stop Tragedy
In Oakdale Louisiana on May 8 a coroner ruled the death of Arthur H. J. Johnson justifiable homicide after Marshal Ben R. Bass shot him three times during a car search on the Lake Charles Alexandria highway. Johnson allegedly threatened the officer and reached for a weapon.
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Oakdale
Arthur H. J. Johnson
Lake Charles-Alexandria
Ben R. Bass
Johnson
Bass
A. J. Heflin
Allen Parish
Daughters of the Confederacy Convene in Lake Charles
The fortieth annual Louisiana convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy opens in Lake Charles. Mrs J S Thomson local chapter president receives national state and Confederate flags. A historical pageant is planned for Tuesday evening as the convention’s feature.
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Tl. BP. Co
Lake Charles
Louisiana
United Daughters of the Confederacy
J. S. Thomson
Poland urged to settle with Germany without war
Itagaki and Koiso signaled Japan favoring a military pact with Germany and Italy, while Britain offered to help arbitrate the Danzig dispute with Poland. Chamberlain and Butler hinted Britain would assist in a negotiated settlement and sought broader Soviet cooperation. Debate in Commons reflected public concern over treaty obligations and security.
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Tokyo
Domel
Seishiro Itagaki
Kuniaki Koiso
Germany
Italy
Domei
Itagaki
Japan
London
Poland
Free City of
Danzig
Richard Butler
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Butler
League of Nations
Italy and Germany Move Toward Formal Axis Alliance
The Associated Press reports Italy and Germany bound their axis into a formal military and political alliance. Rome hopes a German Polish settlement avoids broader eastern conflict while Berlin foresees stronger peace in Europe. Britain and France fear a new Munich cycle with Danzig and the Free City.
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Associated Press
Italy
Germany
Rome
Berlin
Paris
London
Mussolini
Poland
Soviet Union
France
Free City of
Danzig
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Yorkshire
House Labor Committee
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National Broadcasting Company of America
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